Initial setup
This phase is meant to gather the initial information required onboard a customer. For example, gathering core information like onboarding manager name, key customer contact, internal and external stakeholders, their responsibilities, and so on.
| Activity | Details |
|---|---|
| Select account | When you select the customer account, a new account onboarding case is generated. Nota: If the account onboarding case was generated from a case, this field is auto-populated. Select Continue to go to the next activity. |
| Enter onboarding related info | The next activity in the playbook involves gathering onboarding related information. The required fields to be entered are:
Nota: The State field is set to New for a new record. If this field is updated, the Stage field is automatically updated based on the predefined mapping. This mapping is also available
for account onboarding case tasks between the Progress and State fields. See Field mapping for account onboarding cases and case tasks for details. |
| Add customer team |
Add the customer contacts working on the account onboarding case.
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| Add customer team responsibilities | Assign responsibilities to each of the customer contacts that have been added.
When this step is completed, two emails are automatically generated. The first email identifies the primary point of contact for the account onboarding case. The second email identifies the key team members participating in the onboarding process. |
| Add account team | Add and assign responsibilities to the internal team members (service providers) working on the account onboarding case. This includes the ServiceNow administrator handling the case. After the account is added, an email is sent to all the team members.
Nota: By default, all tasks in the playbook are assigned to the provider's ServiceNow administrator. |
| Add squad | Add the squad members who will be involved in completing the onboarding case and other activities. This is an optional activity. Select Mark complete to move to the next stage. |
After the Initial Setup stage has been completed, the case information, account, customer, and squad team member information you have added is displayed in the left panel.
Field mapping for account onboarding cases and case tasks
| State | Stage |
|---|---|
| New | Not started, At risk |
| Unassigned | Not started, At risk |
| Active | On track, At risk |
| Blocked | Paused, At risk |
| Closed | Finished |
| Canceled | Finished |
| State | Progress |
|---|---|
| Open | Not started |
| Awaiting customer | Paused, At risk |
| Awaiting internal | Paused, At risk |
| In Progress | On track, At risk |
| Review | On track, At risk |
| Closed | Finished |
| Canceled | Finished |
If you’re using an earlier version of the Customer Success Management application, follow the instructions in KB1651427 to correct the mapping between these fields.